You gotta love InfoWorld's choice of title for a new story on the state of the Firefox browser: "Firefox: In with the New, Out with the Compatibility." Many Firefox users who read that will instantly understand what it refers to. Right here on OStatic, we've closely chronicled the new, rapid release cycle for Firefox that Mozilla announced in February of last year. And we've seen users occasionally complain about performance and compatibility problems, even as Mozilla has stepped up its efforts to address them. Is Mozilla's release cycle too rapid?

As the Firefox browser has moved toward a new rapid release cycle, have you been lamenting the performance of some of your add-ons? If so, you're not alone. Add-ons are among the primary reasons why many users favor Firefox, and there have been some glitches as new versions of the browser have arrived at a machine gun pace. The issue is not lost on Mozilla, which is taking action. "Towards the end of last year, the need for a faster Firefox release cycle was apparent, and nearly every team at Mozilla began preparing for the major changes afoot," says a new Mozilla post. "Add-on compatibility has always been a huge barrier to releasing more often, so it was critical we have a plan that wouldn’t leave add-ons or users behind."

As we've recently covered, and as our readers have confirmed, not everyone is thrilled with the performance of Mozilla's newly release Firefox 4 browser. Even as Mozilla has announced that its new rapid release cycle for Firefox will proceed, with a version 5 and a version 4.01 of Firefox coming, the company is also making adjustments to the way Firefox extensions are tested, in an effort to avoid the kinds of performance problems with Firefox 4 that users are experiencing. Here are the details.